orphaned

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orphaned

adjective more orphaned · most orphaned

Made an orphan by the death of one's parents.
Similar: disparented, parentless, unparented
Abandoned. I found an orphaned project, half-completed before its author quit, and decided to finish it.
Similar: dropped, forsaken, abandoned, derelict, desert, deserted, desolate, discarded, forlorn, high and dry, left behind, orphaned

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of orphan

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: unparented, parentless, abandoned, neglected, lacking, fatherless, orphanages, wards, posthumous, illegitimate, secondborn, onlyborn, afterborn, bereaved, kindredless, widowered

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@misc{orphaned_2026,
  title = {orphaned},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/orphaned},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}